diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63e1a704..9351d7fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		<awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
 		<tyrus.version>2.2.0</tyrus.version>
 		<commons-text.version>1.13.1</commons-text.version>
-		<citrus.kafka.version>4.5.2</citrus.kafka.version>
+		<citrus.kafka.version>4.6.0</citrus.kafka.version>
 		<kafka.clients.version>3.9.0</kafka.clients.version>
 		<kubernetes.client.version>7.2.0</kubernetes.client.version>
 	</properties>